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FAST TWITCH

dead of winter
We interrupt football and every other sport for a brief baseball update. The MLB Winter Meetings are underway in Las Vegas this week. It's a fascinating offseason because of the star power, big stakes money and the analytics pressure that is financially squeezing many players. Then again, it's hard to tell how many fans actually care one way or another about baseball any more. Sigh. This break down weighs
every team's trade & free agency hypotheticals

+ The future of Oakland A's baseball on the radio is in peril.


strong-arm man
Video: Pat Mahomes is making throws like we've never seen before.

+ The anatomy of the
Dolphins' hook-and-ladder miracle play to beat the Patriots.



don't hate the game, hate the player
Kevin Durant's quest to make enemies.

+ Steph Curry doubted that man landed on the moon so NASA offered to show him the evidence.


pulling punches

Video: Jim Lampley's riveting sign-off on HBO's final boxing match.


oblong game
Video: North Dakota State's quarterback dribbling a football.
 

TREAD & BUTTER

best laid plans
I thought the handsome new Tread & Butter site would be live today. We're so close but need another minute.

Delayed gratification. 


Want some insoles now?
Hit me up me.

Much love,
Matt

 

DEEP DIVES

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the fallen

This is heavy. Climbers can fall and die. It's sudden and brutal. Writing their obituary can be extremely difficult. (Rock & Ice)

 

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ground control

This is great. In fighting, including in karate, how you fall and hit the ground matters. "Your opponent has weaponized the ultimate blunt force object: the floor." (The New York Times)


 
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get down on it

Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison skied off the summit of Lhotse in September. The degree of difficulty cannot be overstated here. It's hard enough to summit 27,940' — it's preposterously hard to ski back down. The group just released new spectacular shots of the expedition. (Powder Magazine)

 


 
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